Bradley Beam

Soldier, are you looking for a CDD? Do you think, for example, that those 20-20 eyes of yours make you a liability to the Army? Or do you suppose, perhaps, that the Army has no more use for those two flat feet of yours?

If you do, brother, just forget it; because, according to War Department Circular 100, just off the presses, the discharge of men who can render effective service to the Army is prohibited. There are plenty of useful duties a near-sighted man can perform and a flat-footed floogie isn't utterly useless, either.

On the other hand, WD 100 states that the retention of men unable to perform a reasonable day's work for the Army is wasteful. Therefore, commanders and surgeons are urged to exercise "extreme care and judgment" in arriving at a decision to discharge enlisted men on physical grounds.

Other provisions of WD 100:

1. "It is contrary to War Department policy to permit any enlisted men physically qualified for general service and under 38 years of age to remain at a fixed installation or activity of the zone of the interior in excess of one year, unless he shall have served honorably overseas."

2. "Each commander must evaluate the physical conditions of his men and apply prompt corrective measures through training or medical treatment."

3. "When a defect which requires special consideration in the assignment of the individual concerned

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or which disqualifies him for overseas service is discovered at a hospital.or other medical installation, the medical officer concerned will transmit to the man's unit commander data necessary to permit proper reclassification and reassignment in keeping with the man's mental and physical capabilities.